Cabinet Office
Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2025
- Employees: 246
- Positions: 157
- Sum of all salaries: $32,953,029.38
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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2025
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.
This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Cabinet Office, including:
Top Salaries at Cabinet Office in the 2025 Sunshine List
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Secretary of the Cabinet$641,328.20
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Secretary of the Cabinet$406,900.76
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Deputy Minister$355,469.74
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Deputy Minister$340,611.72
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Deputy Minister$339,821.56
2025 Ontario Sunshine List: Cabinet Office Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Cabinet Office's 246 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $32,953,029.38 in 2024.
At the top of the Cabinet Office Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Cabinet Office was Secretary of the Cabinet Michelle DiEmanuele, who brought home $641,328.20 in 2024.
Following Michelle DiEmanuele was Secretary of the Cabinet Steven Davidson, with annual earnings of $406,900.76. Deputy Minister Shelley Tapp made $355,469.74, Deputy Minister Alexandra Sutton made $340,611.72, and Deputy Minister Shannon Fuller round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $339,821.56 for the Cabinet Office 2025 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2024, 58 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 142 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 35 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 2 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 5 received over $300,000 at the Cabinet Office.
Salary breakdown
- 58 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
- 142 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
- 35 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
- 4 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
- 2 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
- 5 employees made more than $300,000
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2025 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2025 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2025 Employers List.